Daniël Bos

Low injection pressure reading, leading to ECU not opening injectors?

I would, but I'm a scythe man and even the biggest one can't quite reach to hold it properly.

Hello, Hornets appear to have chosen my shed to build a nest. There's only about half a dozen of them now. Is there anything I can do to get them to move on? I don't want to kill them, but the shed is in constant use.

I looked at these a while ago, didn't get one. It's a very expensive toy. It comes without an engine It needs a very loud, thirsty, inefficient, polluting 2-stroke. Limited capacity Limited portability These were reasons for me not to, obviously your decision making was different and I hope it works well for you. You certainly seem to have pride and joy with it, which are priceless.

I'm pretty sure these don't actually plant any trees. They shoot seeds, (coated so they're off a uniform size plus the coating can be made of fertiliser/fungicide/herbicide etc) with compressed air, like a flying pea shooter.

My dad has one, I broke it within half an hour of using it. The bit that locks the shaft so you can undo the collet was a very poor design. Maybe these are of a newer better design? Apart from that it was ok, it feels cheap and brittle in my hand but I suppose that is to be expected. If I didn't have a decent router I'd get one, it would be a cheap way of finding out what one can do for you I suppose.

Noooooo, surely not?[emoji3] From that link: [emoji3] [emoji3] [emoji3] "Chainsaws are great for getting all types of cutting done, whether it is cutting through trees or metal. However, depending on how to use them, they can be worn down very easily and the blades will need to be sharpened quite regularly.*"

Who would use a brush cutter on two acres? The advantages of the scythe​ (in my opinion) are silence, it's a very wholesome excercise as it moves the whole body in a rhythmic motion and can be quite mentally relaxing, it's safe (no chance of anything sent flying), no fumes, no fuel and you can cut right against trees without any damage. There's a scythe in my toolkit, but the comparison with brushcutters isn't always valid. You can't annihilate a patch of 8ft high brambles with a schtye for example. A test against a finger bar mower would be more appropriate in the above video, or a scythe with a heavy short blade such as you'd use in the circumstances the brushcutter is made for.

I can't see how anyone could benefit from knowing the serial number? So I reckon it's legit and deserves full cooperation?

That is piss poor quality control!

This could make some evolutionary sense as well. Trees in leaf will get eaten more so will have needed to have methods to seal and regrow in summer more so than in winter?

The freedom of speech bit doesn't really apply here though does it? Arbtalk is a privately owned forum, and when signing up we agreed to abide by the rules and the absolute authority of the owner or any person the owner chooses to share the power and responsibility to rule. So freedom of speech is limited to what the owner/mods believe to be acceptable and that is not just as simple as legal=ok, illegal=not.

So, horses evolved into what they are now about a million years ago, but had started to evolve to feed on grasses and away from the forest about 50mya. Sheep, goats, cattle etc didn't evolve from forest creatures into grazers, their evolution is much shorter than that of plants. The aurochs from which cattle evolved only started about 2mya The common ancestors of sheep and goats about 15mya The ancestors of deer about 35mya ( In general, plants adapt much slower than animals (a domestic pig of any breed will measurably start to change (skull lengthening, skeletal changes) back into a wild boar in as little as three generations!). All gramnivores (animals that feed on grass as their main diet) we know now are relatively freshly evolved. And as far as I know, nearly all gramnivores will also eat leaves when available, but cannot normally sustain themselves with leaves alone. Sheep for example will eat leaves and bark, but need to eat mainly grasses to thrive. (something to do with the way grasses metabolise differently than tree-leaves and how they get digested differently to extract their nutrients). Grasses evolved into what they are to cope with getting eaten. Grasses will actually get stronger if grazed periodically, as long as the recovery time is sufficient, grasses will improve every grazing cycle. They evolved to be able to cope with being grazed, and to thrive, which can only have happened if the grasses got grazed? I'm by no means an expert on this subject btw, but grass and grazers is an area of keen interest.

[emoji3] They will, but very very rarely. I know a person who keeps pigs and hens together, in a polytunnel in winter so close quarters. He says the pigs only eat the hens when they annoy them, ie stand on top of the sleeping pig, pecking the pigs face and such. Then the pigs may take a swift snap and if they get one they'll eat it but they don't actively pursue them.

I'm gonna have to call bollox on that theory. Grasses were around when there were Dino's. Pretty much all mammalian life has evolved after the Dino's threw in the towel. Theres evidence to suggest grasses were around 120million years ago. Sent from my E5823 using Arbtalk mobile app

Unfortunately it's not what license you have, but what country's road you drive on that determines the set of rules to follow...

I fear not. If only causing offense to provoke was the goal, it would be much simpler to ignore or just boot them out

Plenty of b+e artics in the Netherlands too, but the rules are different. In NL there is a way you can have 16t gtw on a B+E Sent from my E5823 using Arbtalk mobile app

They'd probably be fine in that scenario. Mine were among newly planted trees where only the thickest were near 3" Sent from my E5823 using Arbtalk mobile app

But if your local pub, usually filled with tree folk who come to have a chat and a quick half of shandy suddenly has a few very loud chaps at the bar, (very)loudly discussing politics (and emotions run high, coz emotive subjects are raised and many offensive statements are made) you've three options only. Either you leave (or just come much less often), coz it's affecting the atmosphere in y'r cozy local. You engage. (Which perpetuates the issue) You ignore them. (Hard, cozy they're loud and some of the things said are so offensive that it's pretty hard to just let them be)

Our geese would eat the bark of any stem or twig smaller than about 3".

Yes, they would

"name" , not just point in a vague direction. More controversy: Churchill was a war criminal and should have been trialled and convicted as such, not glorified as some saintly saviour.

Bollox Christianity, and it's influence over the people of western Europe has changed massively over the last century. 100 years ago the question "are you religious" would be seen as absurd. Human rights as a concept of law, not religious benefit, Women's rights, Lbgt rights, The rights of normal citizens parallel with people with "status " in society. All of those changed more in the last 75 years than the 750 before that. Change can come quickly

My post was entirely in jest. I've had goats for over 30 years, I'd not trust any of them (I've had hundreds) not to harm a tree for any amount of time. On my family farm we keep a small flock of about 50 of feral-ish goats specifically for tree removal and control